Chuck,
I have two that do the exact same thing at times. And I changed the
battery in the 1st just like you, and that seemed to clear it up, but of
course the problem came back again. And the second one started acting up
a couple of weeks later. They are both going for a CLA soon.
John
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Since it didn't have batteries in it I couldn't resist trying it out on
manual
> 1/60. It came to life immediately and fired off about six shots OK when
> all of a sudden I couldn't wind it. Like before I did a bunch of
> random, useless things and suddenly it was OK again. Well, clearly it
> wasn't batteries since none are required in manual. To make a long
> story short, after some experimentation I discovered:
>
> If the camera is pointing face down or is upside down the wind lever is
> locked. If the camera is pointing face up or face forward the wind
> lever is free. What's the prognosis here? Do I have a loose screw or
> other part rolling around in the wind gears? I guess I could pull the
> bottom plate easily enough but I haven't attempted that yet.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
>
>
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